How to monitoring, backup DB and medias using a VPS

Question

I use a VPS from Contabo to host my web applicationI need some advice regarding :1. Monitoring performance and resources2. Logging errors and other messages3. Backup DB and media fileWhy ?Because I think it's important;My web app has 132 users, it's a side project I want to monetize, and I need to make sure there won't be anything unexpected or abnormal happensSo, I need some advices from youWhat do you think ? What can I do ? What is perfect ?

xu3u32 · Accepted Answer

I use Sentry for application (django) specific errors, onlineornot for site availability.
I have staticfiles going to cloud object storage (s3)
I wrote cron jobs that trigger dumps of the postgres database.

tiernano · Answer

Monitoring, try netdata. Can't remember if it can send alerts, but does show all of what's going on on your machine. For backups, I would use Borg backup or something to b2&hellip; as for Logging, there are a good few options, but not sure about free. I would guess you want it as free or cheap as possible if it's not monitizes yet&hellip;

rozenmd · Answer

- Monitor the web server itself using an uptime checker like https://onlineornot.com (biased here, I founded it)
- Something like Sentry or Logrocket for monitoring errors
- use a cron job to backup your db, and monitor your cronjob actually runs with a heartbeat monitor

KomoD · Answer

> 1. Monitoring performance and resourcesHetrix> 3. Backup DB and media filecronjob that copies over

shaunpud · Answer

1. HetrixTools Linux Server Monitoring Agent2. Usually email/pushover alerts within the webapp itself3. borgmatic (supports file and database) to borgbase.com

How to monitoring, backup DB and medias using a VPS

I use Sentry for application (django) specific errors, onlineornot for site availability.
I have staticfiles going to cloud object storage (s3)
I wrote cron jobs that trigger dumps of the postgres database.

- Monitor the web server itself using an uptime checker like https://onlineornot.com (biased here, I founded it)
- Something like Sentry or Logrocket for monitoring errors
- use a cron job to backup your db, and monitor your cronjob actually runs with a heartbeat monitor

> 1. Monitoring performance and resources
Hetrix
> 3. Backup DB and media file
cronjob that copies over

1. HetrixTools Linux Server Monitoring Agent
2. Usually email/pushover alerts within the webapp itself
3. borgmatic (supports file and database) to borgbase.com

How to monitoring, backup DB and medias using a VPS

I use Sentry for application (django) specific errors, onlineornot for site availability.I have staticfiles going to cloud object storage (s3)I wrote cron jobs that trigger dumps of the postgres database.

- Monitor the web server itself using an uptime checker like https://onlineornot.com (biased here, I founded it)- Something like Sentry or Logrocket for monitoring errors- use a cron job to backup your db, and monitor your cronjob actually runs with a heartbeat monitor

> 1. Monitoring performance and resourcesHetrix> 3. Backup DB and media filecronjob that copies over

1. HetrixTools Linux Server Monitoring Agent2. Usually email/pushover alerts within the webapp itself3. borgmatic (supports file and database) to borgbase.com

I use Sentry for application (django) specific errors, onlineornot for site availability.
I have staticfiles going to cloud object storage (s3)
I wrote cron jobs that trigger dumps of the postgres database.

- Monitor the web server itself using an uptime checker like https://onlineornot.com (biased here, I founded it)
- Something like Sentry or Logrocket for monitoring errors
- use a cron job to backup your db, and monitor your cronjob actually runs with a heartbeat monitor

> 1. Monitoring performance and resources
Hetrix
> 3. Backup DB and media file
cronjob that copies over

1. HetrixTools Linux Server Monitoring Agent
2. Usually email/pushover alerts within the webapp itself
3. borgmatic (supports file and database) to borgbase.com